Gate cells see the light

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-28

  Welsh, David K ^a,b,c  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MARKER; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CHRONOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 33845974454     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730406297067     Document Type: Note

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